tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50202704202232903512017-09-20T05:05:57.914-07:00thirdeye photographyBenard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-75046661508004715552017-01-06T19:35:00.001-08:002017-01-06T19:35:47.172-08:00Are Leica Users Idiots for wanting to buy a Hawk Tsubasa?
There is a sucker born every minute and the Japanese seem to think so with a new M mount lens that fits the Leica.
The Tsubasa Swallow 35mm f/2 lens is touted to be big on imaging and price, costing a whopping US$1800 a piece, they think you'd swallow it up once it is released sometime in 2017.
And for samples, there are only B/W images, and here is one below.
So you going to ante up onBenard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-7754220127924539302016-12-01T02:34:00.000-08:002016-12-01T02:34:05.455-08:00Petapixel proves that Photography is Dead
When Petapixel ran the Creating Composite Photos, what it really did was to prove that photography is dead and digital re-imaging is alive.
Clint Davis is a professional photographer but how much of what he does is really about photography? For many years now since I started to write this blog, I realize that Professional photographers in the traditional sense do not exist anymore. In Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-32103755354424398802016-09-28T23:00:00.001-07:002016-09-28T23:00:48.493-07:00Fotr: Shooting Analog while using Digital
For those of you who have never own or shot a role of film, yes there is a way around it and it involves having an iPhone an app called Fotr.
It mimics the same way you shoot with analog film but with a catch, you need to buy the film. Yup, it should sound ridiculous but you have to buy a roll of 24 or 36 frame film, which mimics various film types from Kodak and Fuji.
Each time you Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-26776013357459929482016-09-27T19:45:00.000-07:002016-09-27T19:45:03.692-07:00Michael Kors goes Analog with Fuji Instax Mini
Purveyors of high fashion, Michael Kors, have teamed up with Fuji to produce another Instax Mini 70 camera.
Before you rush out to buy one, let it be known that the pricing details are yet unavailable but you could roughly second guess the price if you were to compare it with the Leica Sofort announced recently.
Built more for selfies, the camera has a dedicated selfie mode and vanity Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-59477074303372229202016-09-15T07:00:00.000-07:002016-09-15T07:00:40.481-07:00Leica Sofort is a Fuji Instax Mini Camera
I really don't get it. Why is Leica jumping on the Fuji Instax Mini bandwagon just like Lomo while a much larger instant film format like the FP-100c is being given the death sentence? To be fair, I think peel film is really special and the colors are just great, but then again it was never a product that originated with Fujifilm in Japan.
Earlier this year, Fujifilm announced that it Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-32489865701418388992016-09-12T22:36:00.000-07:002016-09-12T22:36:11.144-07:00Funded: The Lomo Instant Automat
Lomo has another instant camera using Fuji Instax Mini Prints. This time, it has auto exposure and it is called the Automat.
It is good to see that the analog instant sheet film is still alive but it probably isn't a great thing since you have the instant equivalent in the form of a Zink print for digital cameras. Yes, I have a instax mini, the first generation that is about 16 years Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-87286212618013700662016-09-08T00:14:00.001-07:002016-09-12T22:35:40.699-07:00How Public Domain Pictures became a Nightmare for Alamy and Getty
Recently, a case where a photographer donated a huge cache of images to the library of congress to become public domain has come to haunt Getty Images.
Carol M Highsmith is currently suing Getty Images for US$ 1 billion dollars in damages. After she was sued by Getty Images for copyright infringement over her own photos that she donated to the US Library of Congress. In her gift, those Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-90552066021867145132016-08-31T20:06:00.001-07:002016-08-31T20:09:50.127-07:00Pure Photography is not about Photoshopping Details
Here is another reason why you should be reverting back to analog photography instead of going digital. The image above is the latest in a series of digital photo editing tools which basically allows you change any landscape picture into one that could just win you an award.
The program in question is called Landscape Pro, an intelligent picture detecting and enhancement program that runs Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-90870061354936610232016-07-22T01:09:00.000-07:002016-07-22T01:12:48.876-07:0035mm Film Cameras for use during a Zombie Apocalypse in 2016
I said smile dude...!
The Zombie Apocalypse is upon us! If you are going to go out to document the last days of mankind, what would you use? Let's be fair, the Internet would die, and unless someone had access to your digital camera raw files, they would never be able to see how the world really ended. So your best bet would be to get a film camera to document everything before a ZombieFreiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-18816402086143076202016-07-11T19:59:00.000-07:002016-07-11T19:59:00.167-07:00How Art became a victim of the Digital Age
Every artist secretly wants to continue doing what they love doing, and in doing so, they also hope to have the funds to continue this endeavor.
I find it difficult to call myself an artist these days. Though never poor of talent but never rich enough to conquer the inevitable challenges of a chosen path. Everywhere I go these days, people talk of art for art sake, and how they have Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-28593641606798597892016-07-11T04:32:00.000-07:002016-07-11T04:32:01.287-07:00My Life in the Fast Lane, a photographic journey
In another life, I was a championship winning team manager and with it, I carried two cameras with me on my many trips. Most of the time, I would shoot with a 5 megapixel Nikon 5700, and as a back up, I had a Lomo LCA film camera. For me, the cameras were tools to help with the communications aspects of the vocation.
The two are indistinguishable as a tool. I felt right at home shooting Freiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-35431336885932248542016-06-11T06:58:00.000-07:002016-06-11T06:58:07.473-07:00How Image Theft is winning the Right to Copy Battle
When you have captured a good image, an image worth selling through a stock image library, I think the first thing you look forward to is a paycheck. The above is an image I own that is listed with Gerry Images. I think it's a great picture but I haven't had a single sale for it. Sure I have sold other images but this one in particular was a fav of mine.
This is the perfect validationFreiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-69662629846280782412016-04-26T02:49:00.000-07:002016-04-26T02:49:01.057-07:00The Impossible Project Debuts Its First Camera, The I-1
Truth be told, I wasn't taken by the name. I was hoping for more, like maybe V1, or A1 for analog one. But it didn't hold true.
Impossible Project has been grinding its way to more sales of positive polaroid film. They have in the past come out with a slew of accessories for you to double down on their instant film. Problem was the films relied on old Polaroid cameras which are in decline.
Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-36760556266097572562016-04-23T05:06:00.001-07:002016-04-23T05:06:08.486-07:00Positive 120 Film Makes a Comback?
This is a little weird. Not that it cannot happen but it takes a little skill to be able to do this. Galaxy film photo paper is a straight to paper development process that has no real film. In fact, the film is the paper and the paper is the film.
Positive paper, like the instant camera paper, isn't new. But what happens here is a little more tricky as you need to have a two stage Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-45394723569136819542016-03-11T21:44:00.000-08:002016-03-14T23:06:42.145-07:00Why Photography should be Enjoyed as a Hobby
There is always this myth that your hobby should pay for itself either as a form of investment. People who collect stamps as a hobby a long time ago saw the value in that which they collected. While people who painted saw value in their art but that's not always the case of course with digital photography.
Some of you enjoy a hobby for the sheer pleasure it bring to you and if photographyFreiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-33415183144509262492016-02-11T20:33:00.000-08:002016-02-18T21:55:45.042-08:00Protecting Your Image with a Contract
The story of Max Jackson versus Color Run Inc. will go down in photographic history as one of the most bitter showdowns between an up and coming photographer and a multi million dollar commercial entity. We have all had our days when people would ask for free 'samples' for commercial use and are unwilling to pay for your day out shooting an event. Basically I don't negotiate without some Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-86703546351539104772016-02-05T01:29:00.000-08:002016-02-05T01:29:03.742-08:00Olympus gets Nostalgic with the new Pen F
Nostalgia, that's what it is when it comes to owning the Pen F.
I have the analogue version of this camera that gives you 72 shots from a roll of 36 frame film. And there are many similarities with the Pen EP digital cameras but the one that comes closest is the new Pen F, which unfortunately is going to confuse the hell out of you.
The new Pen F, and I say new because it is a digital cameraBenard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-34537396988175350492016-01-29T20:06:00.000-08:002016-01-29T20:06:19.070-08:00Badly Photoshopped Image wins Nikon Photo Prize
This is an image of a rooftop ladder where a photographer claims he shot a silhouette of a plane though while waiting for a plane to fly over.
It won a Nikon prize in Singapore.
Goes to show that you only need an ounce of photoshop skills to win something online.
Using photoshop, the image was detected to be fake. But Nikon refuse to admit its error. This sparked a whole slewBenard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-45650285040529420832016-01-29T19:34:00.000-08:002016-01-29T19:34:04.220-08:00Corbis sells out to VCG for a song....
It is official, Corbis has sold out to Visual China Group, the same group that bought out 500px over a year ago.
Corbis sold for less than it was imagined, with rumors flying saying it was below US$100 million and with a library of 50 million images, that sounds like a deal that can only made in China.
Getty has an agreement to sell Corbis images outside of China so that won't affect world Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-55342701379847101922016-01-11T22:51:00.000-08:002016-01-11T22:51:02.685-08:00Noob tips for Concert and Stage show Photography
I was watching this TV program on Australia's ABC channel where a few selected a candidates who were photographers of other genres to test their skills on something they have never done.
Fortunately for me, I have done a whole load of different genres in my lifetime so coming across these challenges weren't a problem.
What struck me was that the candidates weren't sure if the ISO Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-36510045076363300232015-12-24T01:24:00.000-08:002015-12-24T01:24:00.053-08:00Shooting with the Olympus Pen FT/F Film Camera
Olympus Pen FT half frame film camera
Film cameras are pretty cheap to procure from eBay these days and for me, I wanted to experience what having a half frame camera would be like. It's moments like these that challenge you as I have shot on 35mm film but never in half frame. The reason was simple. I didn't have the money to buy a half frame camera and had to settle for a 110 type Freiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-30716676087418206322015-12-11T00:35:00.000-08:002015-12-11T00:35:00.384-08:00Training your Eye for Photography
It took many failed shots, many failed attempts to do what you read on those camera magazines and the result wasn't always perfect. That's how analog photography was in its heyday.
I started shooting on those point and shoot 110 cameras. No brainers really, they were fun...and limited in every aspect. I was in high school and there wasn't any money to buy better gear. I used my Dad's Benard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-84894427523973298042015-12-04T19:58:00.000-08:002015-12-04T19:58:00.244-08:00Making that Winning Shot!
Recently, one of my photos was featured in a photo competition by photocrowd and was subsequently carried by The Telegraph in the UK.
A lot of you would have asked, how this the picture came about? Fluke shot? The only way to tell is to look at a photographer's workflow or raw reel. From here you can tell what he was seeing. I had the pleasure of seeing these raw workflow from Michael Freiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-34896608222060750062015-11-27T21:49:00.000-08:002015-11-27T21:49:00.252-08:00Photokore to Shut its Service in Decemmber 2015
It is sad to see another one go but times are a changing. Photokore, a stock image library that's been around since 2010 is finding hard to find paying customers for pictures from Asia. And by December 2015, it will shutter its site for good.
One of Photokore's strong points was it capitalized on photos made available to them from photographers based in Asia. That however hasn't translated Freiherr Fotohttps://plus.google.com/105450555093897497982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020270420223290351.post-5065664196382228222015-11-11T17:57:00.000-08:002015-11-11T17:57:00.196-08:00Consolidation of Stock Image Agencies
When Adobe bought out Fotolia, people were saying that it was a good thing but seriously folks. You have all been mistaken.
Back in June, Adobe announced its own photo bank called Adobe Stock. You sign up with their cloud services which can run into hundreds in a year, you get 40% off all your stock photo purchases.
For me, it was a WTF moment.
In doing so, and charging your customers lessBenard Quekhttps://plus.google.com/111303678512465535841noreply@blogger.com0